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Bullet 2012:  the Fire Cracker!
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Art Exhibition


"Ancient Stories, 10" x 10," encaustic painting on wood

Wax Poetic

A Two-Person Exhibition by 

Chin Yuen & Irma Soltonovich

 

Jan 6th - Feb 5th, 2012

Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

1040 Moss Street, Victoria, BC

 
Keeping Track!

Where did my sold paintings go in 2011 besides Victoria, BC, Canada?  Here are the ones that I can track.  Many of them go through an agent and can't be traced.    

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Coronado, California, USA
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Findlay, Ohio, USA
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Berlin, Germany
Wasquehal, France
Shizuoka, Japan

Revisiting


"Hibiscus"

I painted "Hibiscus" when I was living in Italy.  I wanted to have a collage of images from different places where I have been to.  The underlying image (blueish area) is a simple line painting of the Santa Caterina del Sasso, the monastery near where we lived.  It is pretty much obscured by the huge hibiscus in the middle of the painting and the swimmers on the upper left and lower right.  

I chose the hibiscus because it is the national flower of Malaysia (my birth country).  Although the flower is central, I think the swimmers are the more dominant and intriguing part of the painting because they bring movement.  The swimmers are taken from an underwater photo of my husband and me snorkeling in Caymen Island.  

This painting was sold to my drawing student of the time.  She has now become a very successful international ceramic artist.  Check out her amazing works!

 
2012:  the Fire Cracker!

Artist reception at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

2012 started with several bangs!  One moment I was welcoming the New Year at a beach party on Diani (Kenyan Coast) and the next, I was teaching "The New Extreme" program at the Glen Lyon Norfolk High School.  Two days later, I was meeting tons of friends at the "Wax Poetic" reception.  I am thrilled that the year has started with so many exciting events.

"The New Extreme" at the Glen Lyon Norfolk High School is organized by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV).  My very talented students are working on their individual pieces for the theme: "Self-Portrait:  Change Starts Here."  Their final works will be exhibited at the AGGV in March.  I can't wait!

Aside from teaching, I will continue to build a new body of paintings.  I had so much fun creating the encaustic "sticks" (below), that I might just create a few more.  

If you have not had the chance to visit the "Wax Poetic" exhibit at the AGGV, the show ends on February 5.  While you are there, check out my large triptych (featured in the last E-News), hung right to the left of the main entrance.  Thank you Kate Cino for a great review. 

Here is to wishing all my E-News readers a brilliant 2012!

        
Left to right:  "Engaged," "Winter Moon," "Winter Sun," "Delight," & "Serene," encaustic collage on wood, 18" x 3" each
Art Collectors
Art Collectors is a regular feature in my newsletter dedicated to my patrons from all over the world.  I sincerely thank them for their support and wish to assure them that, in purchasing my artworks, they have made an investment with long lasting rewards.
 
    
From the "Dim Sum" series

Laurent's testimonial:  For years, I knew Chin Yuen as the wife of one of my best friends; while I knew that she was a painter, even an international award-winning painter, I never paid attention to her art until she offered me a piece of her "Tofino Footnotes" series for my wedding in July 2010. This was a revelation and the beginning of a long story. The texture, the depth and the colors of her pieces are delightful as the three "Dim Sum" pieces that I recently acquired. Besides, knowing the artist who is as delightful as her paintings is a real pleasure, and counting her as one of my friends a real honor.

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